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31 January 2018
ARMENIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
April 2013
Accessed Date:
25 November 2013
Title:
Arménie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
12 February 2013
Title:
Armenia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Armenia: State Actors, Political Situation, Vulnerable Groups and Citizenship. Report from a Fact Finding Mission to Yerevan, Armenia 3 April to 15 April 2016.
Source:
Danish Immigration Service
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2017
Title:
Armenia. Amnesty International Report 2016/2017: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Armenia. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
18 January 2018
Title:
Armenia. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. Nations in Transit 2017.
Author:
Hamazasp Danielyan
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Armenia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
13 April 2015
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
ECRI Report on Armenia (Fifth Monitoring Cycle)
Source:
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
Date of Document:
4 October 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Citizenship of the Republic of Armenia (Amended version of 2015)
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
Armenia Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
Country Report: Armenia
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
March 2013
Author:
Shushanik Makaryan
Accessed Date:
26 January 2015
Keywords:
children; citizenship; conflict; ethnic and national groups; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; statistics
Title:
Requirements and procedures to renounce and acquire Armenian citizenship after renunciation, including for minors; recognition of dual citizenship in Ukraine (2003-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 February 2015
Accessed Date:
15 January 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; legislation; nationality
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Armenia. European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
10 April 2017
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 — Armenia Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Republic of Armenia. Referendum of 6 December 2015
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Founding Parliament political movement; including history, objectives, leadership, and recruitment; incidents of violence involving members; treatment of members by authorities (2013-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 September 2015
Accessed Date:
29 January 2018
Title:
Republic of Armenia. Election for Azgayin Zhoghov (Armenian National Assembly) of 2 April 2017
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Armenia, Parliamentary Elections, 2 April 2017: Final Report
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
7 July 2017
Accessed Date:
7 July 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention. Fifth and sixth periodic reports of States parties due in 2013: Armenia.
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
28 April 2015
Accessed Date:
23 November 2015
Title:
WAVE Report 2015. On the role of specialist women's support services in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
5 January 2017
Title:
Armenia: Little Protection, Aid for Domestic Violence Survivors
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 January 2018
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
Domestic Violence in Armenia
Source:
Open Society Foundations Armenia
Date of Document:
3 October 2017
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
Title:
Armenia. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities in the military, including whether they are admitted (2012-September 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 September 2014
Accessed Date:
26 January 2015
Keywords:
gender equality; gender-based violence; legislation; military service; sexual minorities; social services; torture
Title:
Human Rights Situation of LGBT. Annual Review. Armenia 2016.
Source:
Public Information Need of Knowledge
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
Hate Crimes and Other Hate Motivated Incidents against LGBT People in Armenia: From Theory to Reality
Source:
Public Information Need of Knowledge
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Less Equal: LGBTI Human Rights Defenders in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 December 2017
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Armenia (Tier 1). Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
The Law of The Republic of Armenia on Citizens Who Failed to Complete Compulsory Military Service through Violation of The Established Procedure
Date of Document:
17 December 2003
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
Title:
Law of The Republic of Armenia on Alternative Service
Date of Document:
10 June 2014
Accessed Date:
30 January 2018
Title:
The number of fatalities in the RA and NK armed forces for 2017
Source:
Safe Soldiers for a Safe Armenia
Date of Document:
15 January 2018
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Report to the Armenian Government on the visit to Armenia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 5 to 15 October 2015
Source:
Council of Europe. Committee for the Prevention of Torture.
Date of Document:
22 November 2016
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Armenia
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
26 January 2017
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Armenia: Arbitrary Detentions, Brutal Beatings
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 August 2016
Accessed Date:
5 January 2017
Title:
Armenia: Limited Justice for Police Violence
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 July 2017
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Burnt, Beaten and Betrayed: Armenians Awaiting Accountability for Police Violence
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 September 2016
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. Europe and Eurasia Media Sustainability Index 2017.
Source:
International Research and Exchange Board – IREX
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
Title:
Armenia. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
14 January 2017
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; legal system; legislation; minorities; statistics
Title:
Armenia. Freedom on the Net 2017.
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
Armenia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race - (No items in this section)
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2017:
Title:
Armenia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 January 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/am.html
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. Amnesty International Report 2015/2016: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/armenia/report-armenia/
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/armenia
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. Nations in Transit 2016.
Author:
Alexander Iskandaryan
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2016/armenia
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Citizenship of the Republic of Armenia (Amended version of 2013)
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/51b770884.html
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Armenia Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/reciprocity-by-country/AM.html
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
12 October 2016
URL:
https://www.europeanforum.net/countries/armenia
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Armenia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2fC%2fARM%2fCO%2f5-6&Lang=en
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
http://www.ilga-europe.org/sites/default/files/2016/full_annual_review.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 January 2017
Title:
Armenia 2015 Annual Review. Human Rights Situation of LGBT People.
Source:
Public Information Need of Knowledge
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
http://www.pinkarmenia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2015-annual-report-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Armenia (Tier 1). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2016/258714.htm
Accessed Date:
5 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Armenia.
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
7 December 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CAT/C/ARM/CO/4&Lang=En
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. Europe and Eurasia Media Sustainability Index 2016.
Source:
International Research and Exchange Board – IREX
URL:
https://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/pdf/media-sustainability-index-europe-eurasia-2016-armenia.pdf.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=256161
Accessed Date:
5 January 2017
Title:
Sierra Leone. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 January 2017
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sl.html
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Joint Staff Working Document. Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy in Armenia: Progress in 2014 and Recommendations for Actions.
Source:
Council of Europe. European Commission against Racism and Intolerance.
Date of Document:
25 March 2015
URL:
http://eeas.europa.eu/enp/pdf/2015/armenia-enp-report-2015_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 November 2015
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; military service; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; race; religion; sexual minorities; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Explainer: What Is Armenia's 'Founding Parliament' Movement?
Source:
Radio Free Europe
Date of Document:
18 July 2016
Author:
Charles Recknagel
URL:
http://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-founding-parliament-explainer-sefilian/27865671.html
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Armenia. Country Report 2014. Specialized Women's Support Services and New Tools for Combatting Gender-Based Violence in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
URL:
http://fileserver.wave-network.org/researchreports/COUNTRY_REPORT_2014.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 November 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; gender equality; labour; legislation; marriage; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Armenia: Campaigners Push On for Domestic Violence Law
Source:
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Date of Document:
8 March 2016
URL:
https://iwpr.net/global-voices/armenia-campaigners-push-domestic-violence-law
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Country Visit: Armenia. Report of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues June Zeitlin, September 29 – October 2, 2013.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
30 December 2013
URL:
http://www.osce.org/cio/110334
Accessed Date:
26 January 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
It's Hard To Be Gay in Armenia
Source:
Institute of Peace and War Reporting
Date of Document:
24 October 2016
URL:
https://iwpr.net/global-voices/its-hard-be-gay-armenia
Accessed Date:
25 January 2017
Title:
Armenia: Police Violence Against Protesters, Journalists
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 June 2015
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/24/armenia-police-violence-against-protesters-journalists
Accessed Date:
14 January 2016
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; police/security forces
Title:
Armenia Sacks Yerevan Police Chief
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 August 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/08/09/armenia-sacks-yerevan-police-chief
Accessed Date:
5 January 2017
Title:
Founding Parliament political movement; including history, objectives, leadership, and recruitment; incidents of violence involving members; treatment of members by authorities (2013-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 September 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456097
Accessed Date:
29 January 2018
Title:
Republic of Armenia. Election for Azgayin Zhoghov (Armenian National Assembly) of 2 April 2017
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2474/
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Armenia, Parliamentary Elections, 2 April 2017: Final Report
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
7 July 2017
URL:
http://www.osce.org/odihr/328226
Accessed Date:
7 July 2017
Title:
Armenia: Little Protection, Aid for Domestic Violence Survivors
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 January 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/12/armenia-little-protection-aid-domestic-violence-survivors
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
Domestic Violence in Armenia
Source:
Open Society Foundations Armenia
Date of Document:
3 October 2017
URL:
http://www.osce.org/odihr/349796
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
Title:
Less Equal: LGBTI Human Rights Defenders in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 December 2017
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur04/7574/2017/en/
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
The Law of The Republic of Armenia on Citizens Who Failed to Complete Compulsory Military Service through Violation of The Established Procedure
Date of Document:
17 December 2003
URL:
http://www.parliament.am/law_docs/130104HO8eng.pdf?lang=eng
Accessed Date:
28 December 2017
Title:
Law of The Republic of Armenia on Alternative Service
Date of Document:
10 June 2014
URL:
http://www.legislationline.org/download/action/download/id/5839/file/Armenia_law_alternative_service_am2014_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
30 January 2018
Title:
The number of fatalities in the RA and NK armed forces for 2017
Source:
Safe Soldiers for a Safe Armenia
Date of Document:
15 January 2018
URL:
http://safesoldiers.am/en/5042.html
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
Title:
Armenia: Limited Justice for Police Violence
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 July 2017
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/30/armenia-limited-justice-police-violence
Accessed Date:
10 January 2018
Title:
Armenia. Freedom on the Net 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2017/armenia
Accessed Date:
17 January 2018
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